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No. 497,523.. Patnted May 16,1893.

mw; NT/M jroEGE LEHEEEGER, oE NEw CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR oF oNE f HALE To FREDERICK LEHBEEGER,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,523, dated May 16, 1893.

Application tiled December 22, 1892. Serial No. 459,039- (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEHBERGER, of New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire Fences, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication, in which- Figure l shows in side elevation a section of wire fencing constructed in accordance with my invention.` Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the fencing without the strands b, thus illustrating the construction of the fencing.

My improvement comprises wire fencing composed of a continuous line of wire, or one or more continuous lines of wire extending vertically in loops, in combination with horizontal strands binding the loops together and strengthening the fence.

It also consists in fencing ot a continuous line of wire made iu Vertical loops, each loop having a strand crossing the next loop at thev end, but the bodies of the loops being laterally distinct, z'. e. not substantially crossing the next except at the end.

My invention affords a wire fence of verystrong and durable nature, and easily made by machinery or by hand labor;

As will be seen 'from the drawings, the fence is composed of a single line of wire arranged in vertical loops of parallel branches, bent so that one sideof each loop shall touch or approach at lintervals the side of the next adjacent loop. The form shown in the drawings is ornamental, but may be varied within the scope of myinvent'ion as defined in the claims. At the meeting points, a, the loops are bound together by strands b, composed of two or more wires twisted together between the points d, and thus binding the fence into a strong integral structure. The twisting of the strands b is preferably a right and left hand twist extending in both directions from central points b to the points a at each side thereof, but the twist may be continuous.

It will be noticed by referencek to Fig. 2 that while the adjacent loops cross at the end, one

strand of each loop passing laterally to constitnte the next loop, yet the' bodies or main portions of theloops are laterally distinct and do not substantiallycross each other. This is a very desirable construction, in that 1t renders the fencing easy to make, and tends to produce an ornamental appearance; andv of wire arranged in vertical loops crossing at the end, and having their branches touching or approaching at intervals between the ends ofthe loops, and longitudinal strands connecting the' branches of the loops; substantiall `as described.

4. Fencing, composed of a continuous line of wire arranged in vertical loops crossing at the end, and having their branches touching or approaching at intervals between the ends of the loops, and longitudinal strands connecting the branches of the loops and twisted in opposite directions between the point-s ot' crossingof theloop substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEO. LEHBERGER.

lVitnesses:

W. B. vCoRwIN, H. M. CoRwIN. 

